ILOCOS NORTE, Philippines – Thirty-seven years ago, millions of Filipinos gathered along Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue , a major thoroughfare in Manila, for a peaceful uprising to topple dictator Ferdinand Marcos from power. But Glenn Batuyong and Francis Lopez, who were students in Marcos’ home province Ilocos Norte, didn’t feel such a revolution happening from where they were.Mga bata pa kami noon.
Despite Marcos’ ouster and their family’s escape from the country, his son Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. managed to bring the family back to the presidential palace 36 years later, after the highly divisive May 2022 elections.Batuyong said that the EDSA People Power Revolution, which Filipinos commemorate every February 25, should simply be seen as a “part of history” and that Filipinos should focus on the present.
“EDSA revolution is a part of history already. We cannot remove it from history. No matter what they say about narratives, history, and revisionism now, it’s not a big deal because we’re here now. Let’s just deal with the [present] time. And Bongbong Marcos is the president now, right?” he said in a mix of English and Filipino.Hindi naman talaga natin mabubura na ‘yun eh. Para sa ‘kin is respetuhin na lang.
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